Long-term patency of saphenous vein and left internal mammary artery grafts after coronary artery bypass surgery: Results from a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2149-2156

  Goldman, Steven ^a,c   Zadina, Karen ^a   Moritz, Thomas ^b   Ovitt, Theron ^a   Sethi, Gulshan ^a   Copeland, Jack G ^a   Thottapurathu, Lizy ^b   Krasnicka, Barbara ^b   Ellis, Nancy ^b   Anderson, Robert J ^b   Henderson, William ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Hines   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VETERANS;

EID: 9644291513     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.08.064     Document Type: Article

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